ElevenLabs launches groundbreaking AI-generated album featuring GRAMMY winners Liza Minnelli and Art Garfunkel, who use Eleven Music technology to create original compositions across rap, pop, R&B, and EDM genres while maintaining full artistic ownership and commercial licensing rights.
SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin warns at CES 2026 that artificial intelligence poses existential threats to 160,000 entertainment workers, with voiceover artists and background actors facing job displacement from digital replicas as AI advancement creates workforce injury deemed 'an absolute certainty.'
Linux creator Linus Torvalds launches AudioNoise, an open-source guitar pedal project that generates random digital audio effects, marking his first foray into AI-assisted coding using Google's Antigravity tool to overcome his Python programming limitations.
Television manufacturers unveil increasingly intrusive AI features including video chat cameras, workout monitoring, and pet telehealth platforms at CES 2026 as they desperately attempt to reverse declining global sales that dropped 0.6 percent in Q3.
Spotify unveils real-time music sharing and live listening features for its Messages platform, which has exploded to 340 million exchanges among 40 million users, allowing friends to see what others are playing instantly and join synchronized listening sessions together.
Google TV unveils groundbreaking AI features powered by Gemini, enabling users to create videos and images directly on their television screens while controlling settings through natural voice commands like 'the screen is too dim' for automatic adjustments.
LEGO launches groundbreaking SMART Play platform in March 2026, featuring intelligent bricks with over twenty patented technologies that make Star Wars creations respond with realistic sounds and character interactions without requiring any screens.
Revolutionary AI-powered virtual pet Sweekar debuts at CES 2026, physically growing larger through life stages from egg to adult over months of care, launching on Kickstarter for $150 as the high-tech successor to the beloved 1990s Tamagotchi.
Developer Rodrigo Delduca successfully creates a functional NES emulator using AI-generated Lua scripts that runs Donkey Kong in web browsers, though the groundbreaking AI-coded system performs 40 times slower than traditional emulators.
Disney partners with Meta to bring AI smart glasses to Disneyland, offering visitors ride information and wait times, as tech giants including Google, Samsung, Amazon and Apple race to launch competing AI glasses despite sluggish market adoption with only 2-3 million units sold globally.